What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Michigan
Due to a recent family fight, my sister is trying to force me to give up of financial and medical POA rights for my mother. When they were first drawn up, my uncle was the financial POA & I was the medical POA. At this time, my mother was compendant. This was 2003 and my sister wasn't even able to be either type of POA due to drug addiction.
After an argument between my Uncle and sister not related to my parent in 2007, we changed the Financial POA to my sister and myself (omitting my Uncle) and I continued to be the Medical POA.
A year went by and my sister decided to reconnect with my uncle after joining Alcoholic Anonymous. My uncle did not even visit his sister that entire time and now my uncle and sister are planning to force me to give up both financial and medical POA rights. My sister has admitted that she is too emotional to handle being our parent's POA and that she rather have our uncle be both and cut me out of the picture completely. This is just my sister's way to try and hurt me since I didn't care that she didn't want to be family anymore (She is bi-polar and not taking her medication).
My uncle (who works for a law firm) is saying that fraud was committed because I do not have detailed records of how my mother's SSI money was spent and I am responsible even though both my sister and I were financial POA.
I am so scared that they will some how find a way to omit me from having any say in my mother's medical treatment. My mom (a former physician) was the one who appointed me as her medical power of attorney before she battled stage III cancer and dementia. She now has moderate Alzheimer's Disease.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated and if you need more information, please ask.
Due to a recent family fight, my sister is trying to force me to give up of financial and medical POA rights for my mother. When they were first drawn up, my uncle was the financial POA & I was the medical POA. At this time, my mother was compendant. This was 2003 and my sister wasn't even able to be either type of POA due to drug addiction.
After an argument between my Uncle and sister not related to my parent in 2007, we changed the Financial POA to my sister and myself (omitting my Uncle) and I continued to be the Medical POA.
A year went by and my sister decided to reconnect with my uncle after joining Alcoholic Anonymous. My uncle did not even visit his sister that entire time and now my uncle and sister are planning to force me to give up both financial and medical POA rights. My sister has admitted that she is too emotional to handle being our parent's POA and that she rather have our uncle be both and cut me out of the picture completely. This is just my sister's way to try and hurt me since I didn't care that she didn't want to be family anymore (She is bi-polar and not taking her medication).
My uncle (who works for a law firm) is saying that fraud was committed because I do not have detailed records of how my mother's SSI money was spent and I am responsible even though both my sister and I were financial POA.
I am so scared that they will some how find a way to omit me from having any say in my mother's medical treatment. My mom (a former physician) was the one who appointed me as her medical power of attorney before she battled stage III cancer and dementia. She now has moderate Alzheimer's Disease.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated and if you need more information, please ask.
